Ok, after a long hiatus, we are back… Starting next week, daily updates from the Streets of Philadelphia will resume. Until then, I’d like to share this video – courtesy of Philadelphia resident David Coleman. David is trying to raise awareness of the dangers of Chronic Kidney Disease. This is a condition that occurs when […]

On Monday, July 9th my new studio location in East Kensington officially opens for business. Here I will be offering professional instruction and / or DIY film development and scanning. Whether you’re new to photography or you’ve been at it for years and would like to boost your knowledge, my one-on-one instruction will help you. […]

So today summer has officially arrived. This is when things in the city really start to pop. Timing is everything, so I just signed a new lease on a little place in East Kensington – so I can maintain a closer look.

And now for something completely different… The Elkins Estate is located in Elkins Park, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. The estate contains seven buildings, the most notable being Elstowe Manor and Chelten House, mansions designed by Horace Trumbauer. Elstowe Manor was built in 1898 at the location where “Needles”, the former family summer home of William L. Elkins, had stood. Elkins, a Philadelphia businessman, was […]

Great day in the greatest of cities – my home and heart reside in Philadelphia. Hover over any image in the mosaic below to display the tile and location where captured, click for a closer look and to leave comments.

Temperatures in the high 60’s means lots of people out and about.. Hover over any image in the mosaic below to display the tile and location where captured, click for a closer look and to leave comments.

Olney is an interesting neighborhood in Philadelphia. It is roughly bounded by Roosevelt Boulevard to the south, Tacony Creek to the east, Godfrey Avenue to the north, and the railroad right-of-way west of Seventh Street to the west.

In what may be the most leonine start to March on record, two massive and powerful nor’easters have already roared through the region, leaving hundreds of thousands without power and well over a foot of snow in spots in just the first week of the month.

Strange odors sometimes wafted from this dilapidated house in the Tioga section of North Philadelphia, smells that neighbors likened to burning flesh. Then there were the odd noises: hammering at all hours, and what sounded like an electric saw and other power tools. Heavy-metal music blared day and night. But no one suspected the horrors that Philadelphia police discovered back in 1987.

At the eastern edge of Philadelphia’s Powelton Village neighborhood, stands a boarded up – triangular shaped brick building that once was home to a medical office known as “The Women’s Medical Clinic”.

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